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How is it not? You want to show HN something you did to get feedback on it. Seems within the spirit on "Show HN" IMO. For instance I've posted a library I wrot
by BinaryIdiot 10y ago
How is it not? You want to show HN something you did to get feedback on it. Seems within the spirit on "Show HN" IMO.
For instance I've posted a library I wrote on HN which gave me some good feedback to act on. If I had waited until someone else posted it for feedback it likely would have never happened.
- codingdave 10y agoBecause I was under the impression Show HN was for projects you had worked on. Blog posts aren't projects.
- detaro 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html > Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. > Blog posts, sign-up pages, and fundraisers can't be tried out, so they can't be Show HNs.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoOh. Hmm. Honestly blog posts can provide a ton of value to the community and some developers like to write. I feel like blog post is a different category than sign-up pages and fundraisers and should be okay. But that's just my opinion. Spamming blog posts will get pushed down anyway.
- codingdave 10y agoNobody is saying blog posts cannot be shared on HN - we are saying they do not fit the category of "Show HN". That is a particular category, with specific implications.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoNo I understood you I just didn't really agree with the criteria used for Show HN is all. It seems to bar spam + blogs. I think blogs can still fit the criteria just fine. But that's just my opinion.